PESHAWAR: A delegation of Arizona State University (ASU), USA, led by Dr Sayfe, Advisor, ASU US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), called on Vice Chancellor, University of Engineering and Technology, Dr Iftikhar Hussain and also met senior faculty and administrative staff during a visit to the varsity.

Dr Sayfe while addressing the meeting exchanged views on the possibilities of establishing joint academic and research linkages, through faculty and student exchange joint research collaboration, says a statement issued here on Thursday.

He said ASU is the number one university in the US for international students having 20,000 engineering students who are currently enrolled at five schools of engineering at ASU.

Dr Sayfe said: “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is enriched with natural resources such as hydel, gems and minerals. It is heartening to note that a joint partnership between UET and ASU has reached to its final year through USAID funded project USPCAS-E, a five year project that started in 2014.”

“We see this as a beginning of a new chapter to keep working together in energy as well as other areas of engineering.”

He further said, ASU would like to see USPCAS-E a sustainable programme in future with the objective to produce graduates and skillful human resources who would solve the issues in energy in Pakistan.

Vice Chancellor Dr Iftikhar Hussain expressed his gratitude to the delegation for visiting UET Peshawar.

He briefed the meeting about current research projects of UET Peshawar and expressed his interest to continue this partnership in earthquake engineering and artificial intelligence.

Published in Dawn, November 16th, 2018